Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Birmingham seeks a clinical psychologist to provide high-quality psychological services to children with neurodevelopmental needs. The role involves assessment, treatment planning, and intervention implementation within a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and experience in child psychology is advantageous. This position supports ongoing professional development and offers a vibrant work environment in a community-focused organization.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Access to CPD events

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Ability to provide specialist psychological assessment for children.
• Experience with formulating and implementing treatment plans.
• Capability to adjust and refine psychological interventions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct specialist psychological assessments based on complex data.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans for psychological issues.
• Implement psychological interventions across various settings.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Complex data interpretation

Psychological intervention

Research skills

Supervision

Education

Registered Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested

The post holder will provide a high quality, specialist psychology service to children presenting with neurodevelopmental needs across all sectors of care within the Birmingham catchment area. The post holder will be part of the multidisciplinary team in the Neurodevelopmental Hubs and liaise closely with colleagues in education. They will also supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and others who provide psychologically based care and treatment. They will support a culture of research and utilise research skills for audit, policy and service developments and propose and implement policy changes within the Service and the broader multidisciplinary team. They will also be highly visible and, accessible and a figure to whom staff, patients and their families, can turn to for assistance, advice and support.

Responsibilities

1. To provide specialist psychological assessment of children based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological assessment, self-reported measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with children, family members and others involved in the child’s care.
2. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a child’s psychological problems. This is to be based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods of proven efficiency, across the full range of care settings.
3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for children, carers, families and groups within and across teams. This would involve adjusting and refining psychological formulations and drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

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Be Part of Our Team

Birmingham is a vibrant, rich, ethnically diverse city, with a large population of young people. Join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) where more than 5000 members of staff work across Birmingham and the West Midlands to deliver a wide range of community and specialist healthcare services. BCHC delivers over a hundred clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. This includes services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Our range of healthcare service provision within the C & F Division also offers opportunities to develop clinical leadership skills and be involved with clinical projects and pathway development. The Psychology Service offers support and close links with other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events and team meetings. There are good links with the local DClinPsy training courses and the MSCi pathway at Birmingham and Coventry Universities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for information on the main duties of the post.

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Dec 2025